God’s World Is Charged with Grandeur

November 4, 2010 Nature

God’s world is charged with grandeur. From the Ignatian Inspirations series by Loyola Press.

See a video recital of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem “God’s Grandeur.”

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jo November 4, 2010 at 2:32 pm

God’s grandeur is unfathomable and beyond measure to human beings

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